Please see below our Topic Web and Knowledge Organisers for our Autumn Term.

Swift Class had a great afternoon taking a peek into the past and looking at their baby photos! The children each bought in pictures of themselves as babies and we played can you guess who. The children loved discussing their photos from the past and noticing all the different ways they have changed since they were babies. They especially enjoyed guessing which baby pictures belonged to their teachers!

Today during RE, Swift Class created a quiet prayerful atmosphere, and read Psalm 1. We explained that talking and listening to God is prayer. People pray at any time. They can pray for their families, friends, themselves and what happens in their lives. We then used the children’s names as part of a prayer. We put all of the children’s names in our bible. When a name was picked out, the child named stood and the class were invited to say “Please God, take care of…” We then decorated our special names.

Swift Class had a great first session at Forest School today. After discussing our forest school rules and how to stay safe, the children enjoyed sorting natural objects into different autumnal colours. The children loved exploring the area to see what they could find!

Swift Class had a lovely time experimenting with paint earlier this week to make their own 'friendship bracelets' to decorate our classroom door. They first identified their names, and identified some sounds within them before choosing whether to paint with their fingers or a paintbrush. They decorated their beads by choosing what colours to use and enjoyed mixing different colours to create new ones.

Our new Reception children have had a brilliant first week in 'Swift Class'. They have settled beautifully and have enjoyed exploring their new learning environment, both inside and out. The have also enjoyed making lots of new friends over the week and getting to know their new school routines.